Not a "zombie" movie really...

Rating: 9/10 (28 February 2008)

This is a very well made British horror movie. Everything was near-perfect here. The acting was flawless and the effects were excellent. The storyline was good also, however more toward the end it got a little off centered but that does not ruin this movie. Jim (Cillian Murphy) is a very realistic and likable character, one you would root for. Jim is the sole survivor (or so he believes) of what appears to be the apocalypse. He then journeys to find his parents and then a safe place to stay, and meets a few people along the way: Selena (Naomie Harris), a survival-obsessed, leader-like woman who is with him for most of the film, Frank (Brendan Gleeson), a light-hearted, good-humored guy who probably a SWAT member before the epidemic and has holed up in his apartment with his daughter, Hannah (Megan Burns); a shy, quiet girl, Mark (Noah Huntley), a sort-of nervous, side-kick type of guy, and a squad of soldiers at an army base, led by Major Henry West (Christopher Eccleston). This movie cannot be called a "zombie" movie really, because the "infected" aren't technically dead. However, people will call this film whatever they want. I give this film a 9/10 and hope horror fans will find this movie as good as I did.